someone suggested to me an air wound balun. a 4:1 balun wound round a 
bit of pvc as purely a current balun and not a voltage balun. would that 
help at all?

Shaun
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On 18/06/2008 10:01 PM, the old scribe known as Howard Kaufman was able 
to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> You have quite a challenge there.  It will make a great cloud burner, but 
> will be good for local work, and quiet.  The disadvantage of coax, is though 
> you can tune it, that only means the transmitter is happy.  Very little of 
> the reflected power will get to the antenna, except on a resonnent 
> frequency.  For a loop, I believe that means about 250 feet of wire for an 
> 80 meter loop.  That means 62 feet on a side.  That thing is so close to the 
> ground, you won't have enough feed line for an apropriate length.  Their are 
> many fine books on antenna theory, and one would be helpful.  Effecient 
> radiators are not random in their creation. 
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